The secret to making better monochrome photos:
Make your photos as black as possible (under-expose your photos to the maximum darkness, to the point where you can still see *something*).
Uncovering subtle details
Why shoot your photos as black as possible? To uncover subtle details you might have not been able to see normally.
Under-exposing and using flash
One of the main upsides of shooting with a flash is that it uncovers a new more mysterious world. Especially when shooting black and white with a flash… you get a double combo:
We don’t see the world in black and white, nor do we see the world with a flash.
Thus the trick of under-exposing your photos (RICOH GR III) and the trick of shooting with a flash (RICOH GR II) as a good double-whammy.
MONOCHROME by KIM
All black everything:
- WE MUST GO DARKER.
- MONOCHROME VISION
- Black and White to Reinterpret and Reimagine
- Black and White Photography as Optimistic
- How to Make More Meaningful Black and White Photos
- BLK
- Monochrome is Essential
- Black and White is Bliss
- Why is Black and White So Much More Artistic than Color?
- Why Black and White Photography is Better than Color Photography
- ALL BLACK EVERYTHING
- How to Make Better Black and White Photos
- Why I Don’t Like Grey
- Crush the Blacks
- MONOCHROM: The Streets Are Your Rome
- Black is Good; White is Bad
- Black Canvas
- Monochrome Manual
- How to Shoot Black and White Street Photography
- Why Shoot Black and White?
- Video: How to Master Monochrome
- Eric Kim Lightroom Presets (use Monochrome 1600)